Tens of thousands of residents and businesses owners in and near Garden Grove Thursday slowly returned to their regular routines a week after an overheating chemical tank prompted mass evacuations, but their financial problems may have just begun.
Despite some promises from elected officials that they will help victims get reimbursed for the money they had spent on hotel stays, food and other expenses, there were no concrete plans or timeline as of Thursday.
Eric Gever is among the evacuees who spent several hundreds of dollars after staying in hotels for four nights, but he said when he filed a claim with his insurance company, based on the loss of use civil authority clause in his policy, which says “civil authority pays for your additional living expenses when a government agency prohibits access to your home.”…